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Forensics: Hurray for Ernie Jackson! Forensic odontologist called in to help identify skeletal remains
Ernie goes back as far as I do in forensic odont. A real standout. He is the first board certified Black US forensic dentist. Here is a video interview with Ernie talking about a recent case.
Forensics: “Excited delerium” strategy in the #GeorgeFloyd trial. It a common police tactic in custody deaths. Here are the medical facts.
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Forensics: Integrity unit efforts gets results. Michigan had 2nd highest number of wrongful conviction exonerations in 2020
Twenty people wrongfully convicted of crimes in Michigan were exonerated last year. — Read on http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/michigan-had-2nd-highest-number-of-wrongful-conviction-exonerations-in-2020
Forensics: The death truck: how a solution to Mexico’s morgue crisis created a new horror
The long read: How did a lorry carrying 273 dead bodies end up stranded on the outskirts of Guadalajara? — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/01/death-truck-mexico-morgue-crisis-guadalajara
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Forensics: US covid misinformation still runs on national “news” media
These jokers praised “the former president” for his genius and sex appeal. Now they want to keep killing us with more lies. http://www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham-warnings-varaints-disinformation-campaign_n_6065a047c5b6adf599cd509d
Forensics: Junk Psych in Courts. Truth: Why You Can’t Spot a Liar Just by Looking
Cops think they can read your mind. Read their court testimony. Psychologists say you can’t confirm deception by the way a person acts—but experts are zeroing in other methods that might actually work — Read on http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-you-cant-spot-liar-just-looking-180977359/
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Forensics: The race to decide which world leader has the worst pandemic record. The competition is fierce.
Too many candidates are vying for membership in the covid-19 hall of shame. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/30/which-world-leader-has-worst-pandemic-record-competition-is-fierce/
Forensics: Blood spatter. 33 Years After Dubious Evidence Helped Convict Him, Joe Bryan Has Been Released on Parole
Another example where a recanting police expert admitting error was insufficient for a new trial for this man. I won’t even begin to explain whats wrong with BP. His murder conviction rested largely on bloodstain-pattern analysis, a technique still in … Continue reading
Forensics: Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows ‘100% Efficacy’ In Adolescents : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
Pfizer says it will submit the clinical trial results “as soon as possible” to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is hoping to start vaccinating children before the next school year. — Read on http://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/31/982983455/pfizer-says-covid-19-vaccine-shows-100-efficacy-in-adolescents
Forensics: Women in science. Three Latina scientists at forefront of Covid testing are proud to be part of ‘history’
The three scientists and medical technologists analyze Covid-19 samples every day to track the spread of the virus and, more recently, to identify mutations. — Read on http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/three-latina-scientists-forefront-covid-testing-are-proud-part-history-rcna541
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